Ilona Maher is here to give people a pep talk, including herself. The Olympian and rugby player shared in a video that she’s “not feeling too body confident right now” and wanted to keep it real with her millions of followers. Wearing a string bikini, Maher, 28, said it's “OK” because she knows that her followers will “hype” her up and she knows that “the mind be playing tricks” and “telling you different things.
” The athlete, who is currently then shared four things that she tells herself when she’s not feeling the best about her body. “It’s hard to love your body all the time and to think it’s just so amazing,” Maher says. “Even myself, I have a problem with that.
” So what does she do? She signed off by saying she loves everyone and thanked people “for loving me.” During the Paris Olympics, Maher and her team won their first Olympic medal in rugby sevens, Maher went viral for her hilarious TikToks about life in the Olympic “Villa,” which She also posted, and continues to post, body-positive videos, raw and candid clips about and most recently, her experience rehearsing for “DWTS” with . Back in August, Maher graced the cover of .
In the accompanying interview, she spoke about what being a rugby player taught her about herself. “I love that (rugby) showed me what I can do,” Maher told the magazine. “It showed me how capable my body is and it’s not just like a tool to be looked at and objectified.
” Liz Calvario is a Los Angeles-based reporter and editor for TODAY.com who covers entertainment, pop culture and trending news..
